Prague metro plans to launch love train for singles

May 20, 2013|Reuters

PRAGUE, May 20 (Reuters) - Rail passengers searching forlove in the Czech capital need look no further than the dailycommute as the city makes plans to designate carriages on itsunderground trains for singles.

Prague transport company Ropid wants to set aside carriageson some or all of its trains for singles seeking a soul mate, aservice that could launch by the end of this year.

The city-owned company will start polling passengers todetermine whether they would be interested.

Spokesman Filip Drapal said the initiative was one of theactivities the city-owned company hoped would lure people out oftheir cars and onto public transportation.

"We want to emphasize that public transport is not only ameans of travel but that you can do things there that you cannotdo in your car," he told Reuters.

Prague, with a population of 1.2 million, attracted 5.4million foreign visitors in 2012 with a mix of centuries-oldarchitecture and cobblestone streets and cheap Pilsner beer.

The city's three metro lines span more than 59 km andtransported 580 million passengers in 2011.